MD-PhD Class of 2012 - Harvard Medical School
Academic Degrees/PhD Titles/Postgraduate Year Destinations

Jonathan Abraham
A.B., Harvard College (2005)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Biophysics (2010)
DISSERTATION: Host Cell Recognition by New World Hemorrhagic Fever Arenaviruses
Advisors: Dr. Stephen Harrison, Dr. Hyeryun Choe
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Quentin Joseph Baca
B.S., Stanford University (2004)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-BCMP (2010)
DISSERTATION: Adaptor proteins regulate cellular functions in the context of a dynamic membrane interface
Advisor: Dr. David Golan
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Anesthesiology at Stanford University Programs, Stanford, CA

Divya Sanam Bolar
B.S., Johns Hopkins (2000)
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (2007)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in HST MEMP/Biomedical and Electrical Engineering (2010)
DISSERTATION: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cerebral Metabolic Rate of Oxygen (CMRO2)
Advisors: Dr. Elfar Adalsteinsson, Dr. Bruce Rosen
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Preliminary Medicine at Steward Carney Hospital, Dorchester, MA
Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Allen Wayne Bryan, Jr.
B.S., Mississippi State University (2000)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in HST MEMP/Bioinformatics (2009)
DISSERTATION: Prediction of Parallel In-Register Amyloidogenic Beta-Structures In Highly Beta-Rich Protein Sequences By Pairwise Propensity Analysis
Advisors: Dr. Bonnie Berger, Dr. Susan Lindquist
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Christy Ann Comeaux
B.S., Johns Hopkins University (2003)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BPH (2009)
DISSERTATION: Epigenetic regulation of virulence gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum
Advisor: Dr. Manoj Duraisingh
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: The Netherlands

Gillian Lynapp Fell
B.S., Georgetown University (2004)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-BCMP (2010)
DISSERTATION: The role of the endogenous opioid beta-endorphin in systemic and behavioral responses to radiation exposure
Advisor: Dr. David Fisher
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: General Surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Salil Garg
B.S., M.S., University of Chicago (2003)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2010)
DISSERTATION: Arl8b directs lysosomal trafficking in antigen presentation and microbial defense
Advisor: Dr. Michael Brenner
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Matthew Blake Greenblatt
B.S., M.S., Yale University (2004)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2010)
DISSERTATION: TAK1 in Skeletal Homeostasis
Advisor: Dr. Laurie Glimcher
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Pathology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Honor Hsin
A.B., Harvard College (2005)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biology (2010)
DISSERTATION: Roles of GSK-3beta and PYK2 signaling pathways in synaptic plasticity
Advisor: Dr. Morgan Sheng
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Psychiatry at Stanford University Programs, Stanford, CA

Mai Anh Huynh
A.B., Harvard College (2004)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-Pathology (2010)
DISSERTATION: Role of Cdh1-APC-SnoN Pathway in Neuronal Morphogenesis
Advisor: Dr. Azad Bonni
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Preliminary Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Radiation Oncology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Ilya Leskov
B.A., Swarthmore College (2001)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biology (2010)
DISSERTATION: Modeling hematologic malignancies and their treatment in humanized mice
Advisor: Dr. Jianzhu Chen
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Internship in Medicine at Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Residency in Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA

Craig Harold Mermel
A.B., Washington University (2004)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-Genetics (2010)
DISSERTATION: The Analysis of Somatic Copy Number Alteration in Human Cancers
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Meyerson
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Scott Bruce Raymond
B.S., Brigham Young University (2004)
Ph.D., Harvard University in HST MEMP/Biophysics (2010)
DISSERTATION: Molecular Imaging Tools for Studying Alzheimer’s Disease
Advisor: Dr. Brian Bacskai
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Transitional Residency at Steward Carney Hospital, Dorchester, MA
Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA

Thomas Francis Rogers, Jr.
B.S., University of Arizona (2002)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Virology (2010)
DISSERTATION: Intrinsic Immune Response to Viral Replication in Primates
Advisor: Dr. Norman Letvin
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Sol Schulman
B.S., M.S., Brandeis University (2004)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-Cell Biology (2010)
DISSERTATION: Secretory Protein Biogenesis: from Membrane Translocation to Vitamin K-Dependent Disulfide Bridge Formation
Advisor: Dr. Tom Rapoport
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2012)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA